Another demonstration by the Islamist organization Muslim Interaktiv in Hamburg will be allowed to proceed, less than two weeks after an earlier demonstration caused a national uproar in Germany. Hamburg’s police chief Falk Schnabel said on Wednesday that the group’s planned demonstration called for Saturday will be subject to strict conditions by authorities. Muslim Interaktiv […]
Hundreds of people took to the streets in Hamburg on Saturday to protest against Islamism and anti-Semitism and in support of the liberal values of Germany’s democratic constitutional order. The demonstration in Hamburg was planned as a counter-rally to a march organized by Islamists last week which caused nationwide outrage. Participants in the Islamist march […]
Thousands of people took part in left-wing demonstrations to mark International Workers’ Day, or Labour Day, in Berlin, Hamburg and other German cities on Wednesday. The traditional rallies by workers and activists were held this year amid the backdrop of the tensions surrounding the war in Gaza. Germany has banned or restricted pro-Palestinian demonstrations over […]
The head of the Bavarian opposition party in the German parliament, or Bundestag, has called for tough consequences following a demonstration in Hamburg in which speakers called for an Islamist caliphate to replace German democracy. “Anyone who wants to introduce sharia [strict Islamic law] in Germany and declare a caliphate is an enemy of our […]
A man who smashed his car through the gates of Hamburg Airport and parked it on the tarmac with his 4-year-old daughter inside has confessed to the kidnapping of his child and other crimes. “I just wanted to leave Germany. I wanted the police to find ways to send us to Turkey,” the 35-year-old Turkish […]
German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser called for police to act vigorously if crimes are committed during political demonstrations. Faeser was speaking after a rally by more than 1,000 Islamists in Hamburg on Saturday, which passed off peacefully, but where allegations of anti-Islamic policies and an anti-Islam media campaign in Germany were heard. Some carried posters […]
Hamburg Mayor Peter Tschentscher visited Kiev on Monday in a show of support for the Ukrainian capital. The German politician arrived in Kiev by train from Poland early on Monday, following an invitation from Mayor Vitali Klitschko. The trip had not been previously announced due to security reasons. In April 2022, two months after the […]
Some four months after the 18-hour hostage-taking at Germany’s Hamburg Airport, the public prosecutor’s office has brought charges against the alleged perpetrator. The 35-year-old Turkish man is to answer for hostage-taking, kidnapping of minors, intentional bodily harm and weapons offences, the prosecution announced on Thursday. The man is accused of abducting his 4-year-old daughter from […]
Tens of thousands of people gathered in Hamburg on Sunday ahead of a march through the inner city to demonstrate opposition to right-wing extremism in Germany. The organizers are expecting some 30,000 to march under the slogan “We are the firewall – together against right-wing extremism.” Police had not yet put a figure on the […]
HAMBURG TWP. — A commercial and residential developer who owns vacant land in Hamburg Township has proposed a plan for apartments and retail. Ronny Hamama of RDH Properties LLC has proposed revamping a Mobile gas station with a new convenience store and attached retail storefront with upstairs apartments south of the intersection of M-36 and […]
Dec. 19—A Hamburg man arrested Tuesday is accused of possessing and distributing child pornography, the Berks County district attorney’s office said. Steven F. Kull, 24, of the 100 block of North Third Street has been charged with the sexual abuse of children related to the dissemination and possession of child pornography, investigators said. According to […]